Store Manager

Break-Time-Convenience-Store-; Ashland (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

MFA Petroleum Company is seeking a Store Manager for a Break Time Convenience Store in Missouri. You will recruit, train, and lead store staff, prioritize customer service, manage daily sales and inventory, and ensure accurate cash handling and regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes safety, food service programs, and efficient store operations. The position requires management experience, a high school diploma or GED, and the ability to work varied shifts, including weekends.

Qualifications

• Prior management/leadership experience required.
• Availability to work all shifts, including weekends and holidays.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• 18 years of age or older.

Responsibilities

• Working with customers—Provide excellent service and guide the store team to do the same; greet and thank customers and ensure fast, friendly service.
• Day-to-day store operations—Oversee daily reporting, banking, inventory, bookkeeping, and fuel management; maintain cleanliness and equipment.
• Merchandising and sales—Execute marketing programs, price items, manage promotions, and keep merchandise stocked and fronted.
• Supervising—Schedule and train employees; enforce policies; monitor productivity; conduct evaluations.
• Financial responsibility—Manage store finances; control shortages; participate in audits; monitor sales and expenses.
• Teamwork—Recruit, train, and motivate a team; promote a positive work culture; ensure regulatory compliance.
• Working with technology—Utilize store tech, perform shift reports, count products, and follow scheduling templates.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Customer service

Operations management

Team supervision

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Overview

Break Time Store Managers oversee the performance of an assigned Break Time Convenience Store. Responsibilities include recruiting, hiring, training and evaluating employees and a keen focus on customer service and store sales. Store Managers are energetic leaders who believe it only takes a moment to make your day better.

MFA Petroleum Company is an Equal Opportunity/Drug-Free Employer.

Responsibilities

• Working with customers— Provide excellent customer service by engaging with customers and encouraging the store team to do the same; consistently and courteously greet and thank each customer and provide fast and friendly customer service; actively support peak hours; handle complaints quickly and courteously; conduct accurate and efficient transactions
• Day-to-day store operations— Oversee all aspects of store operation including daily reporting, banking, inventory, bookkeeping, and fuel management; ensure the facility and all equipment and property is well maintained and in good condition; maintain store cleanliness; ensure timely open and close and observation of all scheduled hours of operation; execute food programs including promoting food service and safety
• Merchandising and sales— Ensure proper execution of marketing programs; work with management to identify opportunities to increase sales; perform all merchandising activities including proper pricing, knowledge and implementation of promotions and sales, suggestively selling to customers, proper vendor check in, and keeping all merchandise stocked, clean, fronted, and faced (including the cooler)
• Supervising— Oversee general operations of assigned store;supervise store employees, including scheduling and organizing employees and work; providing clear direction; training, developing and motivating employees; enforcing company policies and safety requirements; monitoring productivity; conducting performance evaluations and resolving conflict in a timely manner; review and approve employee time entry, ensuring employees follow posted work schedules and adhere to proper clocking procedures to accurately reflect hours worked
• Financial responsibility— Understand and manage store finances and profitability; control shortages and other expenses; prepare for and participate in cash, lottery, cigarettes and general inventory audits, investigating results and planning for improvement; meet or exceed company goals for sales and controllable expenses; perform loss control functions related to cash handling, lottery sales and redemptions, food waste, employee purchases, merchandise sales, etc.; remain alert and properly report concerns
• Teamwork— Recruit, train, coach, and develop a successful team of associates that strive to meet customers’ needs; exhibit professionalism in appearance, conduct and judgement—always setting the appropriate example; create a positive work culture, promoting teamwork every day to drive performance; leads the team to adhere to all local, state and federal regulations concerning all facets of job responsibilities and duties, and store operations
• Working with technology— Utilize the store’s technology; perform mathematical calculations to make change, complete shift reports, and count product; follow scheduling template
• All Break Time employees are expected to know and adhere to company and position specific policies and procedures. While this job description contains the primary duties of the position, employees may be expected to perform other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Prior management/leadership experience
• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• 18 years of age or older
• Availability to work and/or support all shifts, including weekends and holidays
• Valid driver’s license and vehicle insurance with adequate transportation to/from bank (the vehicle must be locked and secured when transporting the deposit to the bank)
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Works well individually and in leading a team
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations to make change, complete shift reports, and account for numbers of products during vendor check in
• Ability to learn new concepts, use technical materials, and consistently operate a computer and other office productivity machinery
• Ability and willingness to occasionally ascend and descend ladders to handle inventory or products
• Ability to perform these duties and others as assigned, with accuracy, and with minimal supervision
• Physical ability to move and position products in the cooler with temperatures as low as 30 degrees for up to one hour, and to move and position products in the freezer with temperatures as low as 0 degrees
• Physical ability to both move and position yourself to move and retrieve products and supplies from shelves, under counters, or stacks of inventory weighing up to 50 pounds
• Ability to visually observe and inspect items and work environment for regular job responsibilities and safety concerns.
• Ability to remain in a standing position for up to nine hours per shift
• Ability to speak, read, write, and understand the English language to communicate accurately and effectively with customers, coworkers, and supervisors.
• Ability to meet Company requirements, including successful pre-employment background check and drug test.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States

Preferred Skills

• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience in retail sales